The food supply worldwide is under constant threat and effective test products
that can ensure food safety are in demand. Microbial pathogens (primarily
bacteria), viruses, environmental toxins, food allergens and adulterants,
residues of drugs and agricultural chemicals can harm consumers if unchecked.
In some countries, testing for Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) is also
conducted to ensure food authenticity. According to Kalorama Information's
Food Safety Diagnostics, The World Market, authored by Emil Salazar, there is
an opportunity for IVD companies to adapt technologies used in clinical
testing for these food safety purposes.

Beyond base demand from the food industry, laboratories and governmental
agencies, market growth for the food safety diagnostics market has accelerated
in the past five years through several market drivers in the United States,
abroad, and internationally through the globalization of food. Current
pressure on regulators and industry to ensure food safety is seemingly
unprecedented in an age of mass media, consumer alert systems and
industrialized food production that together have led to high publicized
outbreaks and food safety recalls.

Analysis of the Market by Diagnostic Method and Disease Threats

Food Safety Diagnostics, The World Market, provides a detailed review of the
opportunity for IVD companies to participate in the food diagnostic industry.
A thorough explanation of food recalls, regulatory measures and market drivers
provides a background. The report looks at the market from a dual perspective
so that it can be most useful to companies interested in the market. It
analyzes the market by the type of technology product: Immunodiagnostics,
Microbiology and Molecular, as well as by target: Pathogens, Toxins,
Agricultural Chemical/Veterinary Drug Residues, Allergens, and
GMO/Authenticity.

As part of its comprehensive coverage, the report includes the following important data:

A Focus on Detection of Food Safety Threats

The market scoping of this report and its distinction between food safety and
food quality is informed by the definition of food safety as the presence or
absence of hazards injurious or otherwise harmful to consumers. Numerous
microbiological tests elsewhere termed food safety products or tests were
determined in the course of market study to be irrelevant to the food safety
diagnostics market.

The two primary reasons for excluding non-pathogen microbiological tests:

Such tests remain overwhelmingly the domain of traditional microbiology
with culturing and plating used to determine colony and organism counts; IVD
technologies can be used only selectively when specific microorganisms are to
be detected

Microbiological tests that do not selectively target pathogens may
alternatively be used for food quality (determination of spoilage organisms
such as bacteria, molds, or yeasts) or food safety through the determination
of indicator organisms correlated with hygiene or conditions otherwise
favorable to pathogenic microbes

Unlike other studies on the market, Food Safety Diagnostics, The World Market
does not limit analysis to pathogens alone. Important markets for diagnostic
companies exist in the testing for toxins, allergens and residues, and are
amply covered.

A Clear Picture of the Competitive Landscape

The report presents the opportunity for IVD companies to enter the market
though established players exist in the food safety diagnostics market, many
with market shares estimable from company financial data and industry metrics.
The competitive landscape of the food safety diagnostics market is fragmented.

The following larger players are profiled in detail in this report.

3M

bioMérieux SA

DuPont Qualicon

Life Technologies Corporation

Merck Millipore

Neogen Corporation

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

Waters Corporation

As there are many other players, an additional table lists over 120 other
companies involved in Food Safety Diagnostics, their locations and key
products. Market share information is also provided for 13 companies in the
report.

Information for this report was gathered from a wide variety of published
sources including company reports, catalogs, materials and public filings;
government documents; trade journals; newspapers and business press; analysts'
reports and other sources. Interviews with company representatives were
conducted to capture the perspectives from industry participants' point of
view and assess trends, and form the basis of the forecasting and competitive
analysis.